mihtawakay
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *mehtawakayi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɪhˈtʌ.wʌkˌkʌj]
- Hyphenation: mih‧ta‧wa‧kay
Noun
mihtawakay inan (plural mihtawakaya, augmentative mahkihtawakay, Syllabics ᒥᐦᑕᐘᑲᐩ)
- ear
Declension
Possessive inflection of mihtawakay (stem: -htawakay-)
singular | plural | ||
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Indefinite | mihtawakay | mihtawakaya | |
Singular | First person | nihtawakay | nihtawakaya |
Second person | kihtawakay | kihtawakaya | |
Third person | ohtawakay | ohtawakaya | |
Obviative | ohtawakayiyiw | ohtawakayiyiwa | |
Plural | First person (excl.) | nihtawakayinân | nihtawakayinâna |
First person (incl.) | kihtawakayinaw | kihtawakayinawa | |
Second person | kihtawakayiwâw | kihtawakayiwâwa | |
Third person | ohtawakayiwâw | ohtawakayiwâwa | |
Obviative | ohtawakayiyiw | ohtawakayiyiwa |
References
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 313